Fix housing and you'll reduce risks of coronavirus and other disease in remote Indigenous communities
- Written by: Nina Lansbury Hall, Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland
Remote Indigenous communities have taken swift and effective action to quarantine residents against the risks of COVID-19. Under a plan developed by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Group, entry to communities is restricted to essential visitors only. This is important, because crowded and malfunctioning housing in remote...